9:35 p.m.: Goodnight, folks. Thanks for reading. Chronicle: Stiles Over and out. 9:23 p.m.: Obama just ended after about 45 minutes on stage, and the crowd went nuts over the last line: “We will win this nomination. We will win the general election. You and I together will change this country and change the world. […]
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We’ll have several reporters inside the Toyota Center for the Barack Obama rally tonight, which is expected to draw quite a crowd. Here’s the Associated Press: HOUSTON — Tickets given away for free for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama’s rally Tuesday night in Houston were being offered for up to $200 on a popular online […]
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Chronicle: Stiles Harris County Commissioners Court As I mentioned earlier,Commissioners Court today discussed whether to require other elected and appointed officials at the county to file personal financial disclosure forms. Such filings, required of many elected and appointed public officials across the state, are designed to disclose any stock, business or real estate dealings that […]
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Harris County commissioners are expected today to discuss whether they should require other elected officials and department heads to file personal financial disclosure forms, as we reported today. Campaign photo Garcia Commissioner Sylvia Garcia wants the broader disclosure, which is already required for commissioners, the county judge, county attorney and justices of the peace, to […]
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Chronicle: Stiles Sen. Barack Obama’s Houston campaign headquarters at 3710 Travis. A few hundred people crowded into Barack Obama’s new Houston campaign headquarters Monday afternoon. They heard from a delegation of elected officials who support the senator’s campaign, including state Reps. Ana Hernandez and Garnet Coleman, during a short rally. Some volunteered to make phone […]
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The Clinton and Obama campaigns held dueling open house events at their respective Austin offices on Saturday. Today, the shows come to Houston. Obama’s headquarters, at 3710 Travis in Midtown, officially opens at 1 p.m. The Clinton campaign’s office, at 201 Broadway in the East End, opens at 2:30 p.m. Both campaigns will also have […]
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We’re going out on a limb and predicting . . . that parking will be hard to find Tuesday evening in the two blocks between Toyota Center and the South Texas College of Law in downtown Houston. Barack Obama is scheduled for a campaign rally that starts at 6 p.m. at the flying saucerish sports/entertainment […]
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The Houston Bar Association has released its latest poll showing what lawyers think of the folks running for local judgeships and county administrative positions. And the bar poll, as it’s called, contains a toast to Kelly Siegler in the district attorney’s race and Charles Bacarisse in the county judge’s race. Siegler was rated well qualified […]
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